Woven fabric.



No. 647,335. Patented Apr. so, |900.

w. T. SMITH.

, WOVEN FABRIC.

(Application filed Sept..20, 1899.)

('No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM T. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

wovEN FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent' N o. 647,335, dated April 10, 1900.

Application filed September 20, 1899.

citizen of the United States, residingin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Toven Fabrics,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce at low cost a woven fabric especially intended for curtains and the like which can be highly ornamented both as to figures and colors.

The figuring or patterning of the fabric is effected wholly by the weft-threads, and the fabric has cross-strips with wefts of chenillepile alternating with cross-strips, in which the weft is composed of spun threads, a terryrib effect being obtained in these latter crossstrips.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a face View of a piece of fabric made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of part of the same, taken in the direction of the warp; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of one of the crossstrips of the fabric, taken in the direction of the weft. j

In the drawings, I represents the crossstrips having chenille-wefts, and 2 the crossstrips having wefts composed of spu n threads. One or more of the chenille-weft strips may be of greater width than the others, as de sired, as shown, for instance, at l, so as to form a dado, and any of the cross-strips having wefts of spun yarn may be figured, as desired, as shown, for instance, at 2a.

By the use of wefts of chenille fur or pile in Valternate cross-strips of the fabric elaborate colorings can be obtained, and an effective contrast is presented between these chenille strips and the adjoining strips woven with wefts of spun yarn, the latter wefts be-` ing of one color or of two or more contrasting colors twisted together to produce a mottled eect, as desired.

The warps 3 are composed of Iine yarn and are of the same color as the 'spun-yarn wefts or of a color which will harmonize therewith, these warp-yarns not being visible in the chenille-weft strips, as they are hidden by the fur-pile of said chenille. The-spun-yarn wefts are comparatively soft, so that they will be indented to a considerable extentwhere they are bound by the fine warps, as shown in Fig. 3, thus producing an effect cf ribs resembling those of a terry fabric.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure Vby Letters Patent- 1. Asingle-ply woven fabric presenting the same appearance on each face and composed of a single set of warp-threads interwoven with chenille weft-threads and spun weftthreads so as to produce bands or strips having party-colored chenille-wefts alternating with bands or strips having wefts of spun yarn, substantially as specified.

2. A single-ply woven fabric presenting the same appearance on each face and composed of a single set of warp-threads interwoven with chenille weft-threads and spun weftthreads so as to produce bands or strips having party-colored chenille-wefts alternating with bands or strips having wefts of spun yarn, the latter being indented by the fine warps soas to produce a ribbed effect, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. SMITI'I.

Witnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, FRANK E. BECHTOLD. 

